I pull the tourniquet and Im left to drift away with my dreams My life is just a wreck, all hands have left the deck but I dream The drugs they fill my veins no one is to blame and I dream The worlds a golden glow, a happy winning show and I dream Then cold turkey strikes and all these neon lights; life is mean Ill sweat and puke and blab until Im on a marble slab; life is mean I crave for the next score as a thief or as a whore; life is mean Its a luxury u bet to have any self-respect; life is mean Then I commit the crime and its back to scoring time with my dreams So the cycle spins and no one ever wins in my dreams And this they call a crime trapped in addiction time; life is mean